Michael Schumacher in a coma:
Michael Schumacher in a coma: Former F1 champion 'fights for his life' after brain haemorrhage following skiing accident
- Seven-time world champion fell in Méribel resort in French Alps
- Medical sources say F1 star was suffering from a brain haemorrhage
- Schumacher, 44, was skiing off-piste with son, 14
- The skiing enthusiast was wearing helmet and hit head on a rock
- Airlifted to hospital in Grenoble, 80 miles west, where he was conscious
- But, in a report filed at 7.20pm, doctors said his condition 'worsened'
- Tonight, a surgeon specialising in brain and spinal injuries tonight arrived
- The German, who retired from sport in 2012, 'one of best drivers ever'
- Resort's Director General said Schumacher was 'shocked and shaken'
Michael Schumacher is fighting for his life after he fell and hit his head on a rock while skiing with his son.
A leading brain surgeon was seen arriving at the hospital in Grenoble, France, where the ex-Formula One driver was being treated.
His family were also at the hospital, where medical sources confirmed Schumacher was in a 'critical state' and suffering from a brain haemorrhage.
Eyewitnesses said Schumacher lost consciousness briefly after falling and hitting his head on a rock.
Schumacher and his wife Corrina attend the Asterix At The Olympic Games Paris premiere in Paris in 2008
They saw blood oozing from his helmet in the eight minutes between the fall and medics arriving in a helicopter to pick him up.
The accident happened while Schumacher was skiing off-piste.
Yesterday a spokesman for the resort said it proved 'you can't do whatever you want', and that skiers should stay on the pistes.
Last night the Dauphine Libere newspaper in Grenoble reported that the German's life was in danger.
Its report read: 'The state of health of the veteran driver has worsened and his condition is considered life-threatening, according to our information.'
The Dauphine is one of the most respected papers in the Alps, with reliable medical contacts.
Brain surgeon Gerard Saillant has arrived at the hospital in Grenoble to treat the Formula 1 star
He owns a property in the popular resort.
He was at an altitude of almost 7,000ft at an 'off-piste junction' between two marked descents – Chamois, a red run, and Biche, a blue run, according to ski resort officials.
Eyewitnesses who called the emergency services reported seeing blood coming from his helmet and marking the snow around.
Olivier Desaulty, a spokesman for Meribel Alpina, a ski lift company, said: 'Some skiers saw the accident and called us.
'We immediately sent two ski patrols who were close by. They checked him and called a helicopter.
'Apparently he was briefly – a minute or so – unconscious. But he came around quickly and was then talking.
'He said he had hit his head on a rock. He was wearing a helmet fortunately. The helicopter arrived very quickly and he was taken to hospital.”
A spokesman for mountain rescue said: 'He fell and hit his head at 11.07am. A helicopter was at the site at 11.15am.
A Ferrari fan waits in front of the emergency
department of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire hospital, French
Alps, where German seven times Formula one world champion Michael
Schumacher is reported to be treated
A helicopter is seen in front of the Grenoble
hospital, French Alps, where former seven-time Formula One champion
Michael Schumacher is being treated
It is believed the 44-year-old has been transported to hospital near the resort in the province of Savoie in France
Schumacher carving a turn while skiing at the Italian resort of Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, in 2000
The former Mercedes driver, pictured here during the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, retired last year
'A doctor specialising in emergencies was on board and treated him immediately. He was in shock.
'He was then airlifted to the hospital in Moûtiers. He arrived at 11.53am and underwent tests but the accident was considered serious enough for him to be transferred to the larger hospital in Grenoble at 12.45pm.
'It was a relatively serious trauma to the head. It was quite serious, particularly because it is a head injury.
Veteran: Seven-time F1 world champion Michael
Schumacher drives the Nordschleife with the Mercedes F1 car on the
Nuerburgring in May this year
Schumacher of Mercedes AMG sitting in his car
during the third practice session at the Circuit of The Americas in
Austin, Texas, last year
The German driver, who was skiing with his son, Mick, 14, also has a daughter, Gina-Marie, with wife Corinna
Last night Gerard Saillant, one of the leading neurologists in Paris and a friend of Schumacher, arrived at the hospital, the CHU de Grenoble, accompanied by police.
Professor Saillant is an expert in brain and spinal injuries and oversaw Schumacher's medical care when he broke his leg in the 1999 British Grand Prix.
Schumacher's wife, Corinna, and daughter Gina-Marie, 16, were at the hospital last night along with his son Mick.
Schumacher (centre) arrives in the pits of the
Magny-Cours racetrack in July 2002 after the French Formula One Grand
Prix, to celebrate his victory
Ferrari supporters wave flags and celebrate
outside the Ferrari headquarters in Maranello after Schumacher won the
Grand Prix of Japan, and his third world championship title in 2000
Schumacher celebrates with his wife Corinna
(right) and the team's General Director Jean Todt (left) after clinching
the driver's title following the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka in
October 2003
One of many wins: Michael Schumacher jumps for
joy on the podium after winning the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix in
June 1998 (left) and (right) holding the trophy aloft
Michael Schumacher sprays bubbly (left) and raises his hand (right) after winning the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix in June 1998
Ferrari engineer Jean Todot, centre, celebrates
with Schumacher, right, and Britain's Eddie Irvine after they ended
first and third place in the Argentine Formula One Grand Prix on April
12, 1998
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